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Good Things Come in Small Packages At The Aspen Shortsfest
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- Published on Thursday, 04 April 2013 08:35
- Written by Matt Oakes
April 9thmarks the beginning of the much acclaimed Aspen Shortsfest. Boasting films that range anywhere from 2 to 40 minutes, this top-dog of the shorts festivals attracts talent old and new as films starring Hollywood regulars Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman will compete alongside new talent altogether. The Aspen Shortsfest takes place from April 9-14, 2013, at both the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen and the Crystal Theatre in Carbondale.
Make Way for The Sarasota Film Festival
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- Published on Tuesday, 26 March 2013 02:31
- Written by Matt Oakes
Held on the banks of the Gulf of Mexico in the Sunshine State since 1999, the Annual Sarasota Film Festival is entering its 15th year and has over 222 films to show for it. Featuring a slew of world and US premieres, the SFF has quickly become one of the prodigious and prestigious film festivals this side of the pond.
Rising from the ashes of the Sarasota French Film Festival that ran annually in the same city until 1996, the SFF has garnished even more positive attention and glowing reviews from the masses and was even called "the acme of regional film festivals" by Variety magazine in 2012.
New York, New Talent at the New Directors/New Film Festival
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- Published on Thursday, 07 March 2013 02:49
- Written by Brad Bafour
March in New York City is all about the new -- seasons and otherwise. What better month to look towards new talent rather than the notoriously tepid stuff that lands at the mainstream theater chains where studios usually dump films not good enough to be summer blockbusters or to serve as late year awards fare?
"Populaire" Kicks Off Rendez-Vous with French Cinema
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- Published on Wednesday, 06 March 2013 05:00
- Written by Paula Schwartz
The light-hearted soufflé of a film, Populaire, directed by Régis Roinsard and starring Romain Duris and Deborah François, kicked off Rendez-Vous With French Cinema Thursday night at the Paris Theater (4 West 58th Street).
The charming director and the glittery stars attended the premiere and afterparty at the Cultural Services of the French Embassy on Fifth Avenue. (The Film Society of Lincoln Center, Unifrance Films and the Weinstein Company present the festival, which runs through March 10, 2013.)
Populaire is about an adorable and innocent young woman (François), a grocer’s daughter, stuck in the French provinces in 1959, who dreams of independence and a career. In Paris she finds work as a secretary of a handsome but often clueless boss (Duris), who discovers she can type like a maniac.
